Got our premium last week, and are really enjoying it. Had to the fix the orb drop target since the ball would get caught there (Adding the washer seems to have fixed it). In the middle of finishing up my review for the 1/2 at work and my 10 year old starting texting me, that my wife was beating her. We still suck (HS around 180M, LOL). But we are having fun..

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In post #278 from this thread. Found that adding a washer to the drop target assembly release opposite the spring has fixed the issue. I did the same thing yesterday and problem hasn’t come back yet after 20 or so games.

A bunch of years ago, my wife and I where playing pinball with Bowen, Steve Bowden, and a bunch of other talented players. Watching them be able to hit the shots and will and nudge to save was eye opening. We learned so much just by talking to them for a couple of hours while playing. Alas it hasn't helped us too much as we still can't aim for crap (The yaka and star lord shots) are impossible for me to hit with any sort of consistency

Going to have to try this as the washer fix lasted a little under 3 days. Here's hoping I can get it stay fixed...

I was having the same issue with the orb not dropping. Tried the washer didn’t work. Tried bending the unit didn’t work. What finally solved it for me was bending the actual release mech. The rocker that the magnet coil pulls up. I bent it closer to 90 and it has now worked 100% for the last 50 games. What was happening on mine was that it would work and then it would get hit and the rocker would be far enough away away from the magnet and wedged in place that it wouldn’t drop. Now with it being bent, it is closer to the magnet and never gets stuck. I can try to take a picture if my rambling above doesn’t make sense.

Got the stern topper today. Pretty happy with it. With the new code updates it seems to be integrated a bit (leds change color based on current mode, and the flashers sync with lights on the PF). Wife and kids like it as well. Also added the shaker motor last week. My eldest daughter (11) got the gc score our ours so now is super happy. Not going to show her the 1b score from above though lol

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Here is how I fixed mine. If you look at the drop target assembly (page 44 in the manual). You will see the part labeled 24 (BRACKET, 1-BANK DT TRIP) This is the part that the magnet will pull to drop the orb target. Mine was bent a bit out of shape so it would get stuck on the lower edge and the magnet couldn't pull it. From the top it would look like it was trying to push it up, because it was cycling from try to drop it, try to reset it.

What I did was take the drop target out/apart and bent part 24 to be closer to 90degrees (just pinched both edges together) so that it wouldn't be able to get stuck on the lower edge anymore. This has 100% solved the problem with orb getting stuck. Hope this helps and I explained it well enough.

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I tried that fix as well and it only lasted a couple of days for us. Funny was that it would work fine for me, but once my wife would play, a game or two in and bam back to the issue..